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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-26-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-13T20:28:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-13T20:30:06.823654+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment approves 2026 LTI and STI programs for named executive officers

## Summary
- Mark Phelan (CEO effective Aug 7, 2026) receives 41,313 RSUs; Scott Levin 16,222 RSUs; Brett Summerer 6,612 RSUs.
- PSUs are 50% of target LTI value, split 30% Relative TSR and 70% Stock Price Goals; participants can adjust weightings.
- 2026 STI Program: target bonuses 100% of salary for Phelan, 65% for Levin and Summerer; 80% based on financial metrics.
- PSUs vest over three years; Stock Price Goals payout up to 300% of target, TSR payout up to 200% with cap if absolute TSR negative.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-26-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-13T20:28:48+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000045/0001698991-26-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000045/acel-20260711.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-26-000045
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001698991-26-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Phelan was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Accel Entertainment, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mark Phelan Chief Operating Officer and President – US Gaming (Chief Executive Officer effective August 7, 2026)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899126000045/0001698991-26-000045-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.